Bear with the specific locations here. A certain lady friend is staying for a week at Martel (30mins south of Brive-la-Gaillarde) and then two weeks at Merline (20 mins north-east of Ussel and 1 hour south-west from Clermont-Ferrand). She has invited me to pop out for a bit but recognises that I would like to do un petit peu du escalade of course.
Obviously it will be a trillion degrees and I'm not expecting great shakes - in fact I'm quite happy on local-ish minor crags if they have interesting rock - but a couple of mornings or afternoons pottering around in the shade on mid-sixes before lounging and infusing myself with local cheeses would be a nice.
Looking on UKC there seem to be a fair few crags near to the former location - Milhac, Pech Du Mont, Jugeals - Nazareth, Cornil and also bouldering at Carsac which sounds okay and gets evening shade. Ideally within an hour - obviously Saint Gery looks good but may be pushing it.
Near the latter I've seen Bort-Les-Orgues (which actually looks really interesting), err Chateauneuf which sounds bumbly, La Dent de la Rancune which is too far to walk, and the Saint-Floret area which doesn't sound great.
Obviously I need to do a bit more research investigating orientations, topos, pictures to inspire me, potential for finding partners etc etc, but any useful info would be appreciated, N.B. "Go to this world class crag tull of F7s that's 2 hours away" / "Don't bother just go and sunbathe and go for walks" don't count as useful info.
